Chapter 90

Chapter 90 \nTranslated by Green Cake\n

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Yes, I can’t sleep. What am I? Elementary school student before a field trip?

 

I wondered what it would be like to be the Demon King after an all-nighter, but I’m sure I’ll lose if I worry about that too.

 

If I can’t sleep anyway, I think I’ll just report to [Alive Grimoire].

 

✩

 

『 Oh, what’s the matter? You’re finally going to do it? 』 

 

“Yes. This evening.”

 

『 Oh, yeah. Which is… Hmm. That’s pretty good. Will you be changing your hair and eye color as well? 』 

 

Oh, this book, you just peeked into my memory, didn’t you? … Yeah, well, if I didn’t, this book wouldn’t know what I’d look like.

 

I mean, this book is a gentlemanly, well, moderate peek into my memory, which is fine, right?

 

『 You will have platinum hair and crimson eyes, right? 』 

 

……

 

“Are you particular about anything?”

 

『 Hmm? It’s better to be more like a demon king, right? 』 

 

Uh-huh, I see? … I wonder if the demon king has silver hair and red eyes…

 

✩

 

『 So, how does the oath work? 』 

 

“Oh, it’s [Transfer] to the side of the temple, there. The loudspeakers are already in place.”

 

Kariya has worked with Utagawa-san to create a tool that has been given the skill of [Loudspeaker]. We will use it to take the oath from a small hill by the temple.

 

The temple is located in a lake in the center of 1F…  just northwest of Deichemor

 

And there is a nice little hill to the south of the lake. We’ll be facing the front of the temple from there, which is perfect.

 

“And I’m supposed to tell them that I’m not going to let them erase the source, right?”

 

I don’t have to swear to the extinction of the human race, do I?

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『 Might as well say, “I don’t like the temple, so I’ll destroy it.” 』 

 

“You’re being ridiculously combative!”

 

『 It can’t be helped. If you don’t say so, it will always be someone else’s problem. 』 

 

Oh well, if it becomes just the heroes to deal with it, it won’t spread to the temple… It’s rotten.

 

『 And that’s more like a demon king, isn’t it? 』 

 

… I don’t know about the demon king… Oh, my God.

 

✩

 

After that, we talked endlessly about the Demon King, and when we got home, it was a good time to have breakfast.

 

The sunrise… is dazzling, isn’t it?

 

Let’s have rice for breakfast today.

 

I like the smell of the rice cooking. It calms me down.

 

I was waiting for the rice to finish cooking while appeasing my maid dolls, who were somewhat in a state of excitement.

 

“Good morning. Did you sleep well?”

 

“Not much…”

 

Oh, they’re all elementary school kids before a field trip.

 

“You don’t look like you’ve… slept.”

 

“Yeah, well…”

 

I’m the demon king. I’m the demon king from today. No matter how much I say I’m going to be overshadowed by acting in a play, I’m a little nervous.

 

“Well, good luck. Is the food ready?”

 

“It’s almost ready.”

 

I’m grateful for this kind of randomness. Yeah.

 

✩

 

After eating rice, we rehearsed until the evening. Mainly for my dialogue.

 

“I am the Demon King.”\n 

“Be more like a demon king.”

 

“I am the Demon King!”

 

“That’s just a self-introduction.”

 

“I will carve my name in your corpse!”

 

“Okay, that’s… No, what’s your name?”

 

Oh, that’s right. If I call myself “Demon King Maito,” I’ll be caught in a lot of trouble.

 

“My name is Rosemary, the demon king! Temple, your deeds are beyond your notice! You shall die regretting your folly! You will have my name engraved on your corpses!”

 

“Rejected.”

 

Rosemary-san was rejected. Yeah, well, I had a feeling. I’ve already given my name as Rosemary to some people in this world.

 

✩

 

“You fools of the temple! It is not for you to rule this world! You’re too much of a toy, and you’ll get it back! Now die in regret for your stupidity! I am the Witchking! I am the Demon King! I will carve my name in your corpses!”

 

“Not bad.”

 

This is the result of various trials and errors. Yeah, I might have been better off getting advice from [Alive Grimoire] honestly…

 

“If I say this, it’ll show the temple that we’re against them, and since you’re saying you’re the Demon King, there’ll be heroes, right?”

 

“You didn’t mention the source.”

 

… Well, you know. I don’t know…

 

“No, I don’t think we have to tell them. It’s not too late to see what the temple has in store for us. It’s only Maito who has the source.”

 

In other words, what you are trying to say is that if you add too many uncertainties, I will die.

 

You’re right. If I get attacked by something I don’t understand, I might be in trouble.

 

I mean, if the hero comes out badly. This is the worst so far. Heroes mean you can use skills, and skills and magic are different, so it can’t be prevented with [Magic Invalid].

 

It’s a little bit dangerous if your opponent has something like Katori’s [Annihilation Light]… Well, yeah. There is a shield and an optical weapon on our side, but… 

 

If possible, I want to get to the temple before the heroes do. That’s the best.

 

But it seems difficult to hope for that… I know there’s already one hero living in the temple.

 \n\nNow, let’s finish up!

 

『 I am the Demon King, ruler of this world! I will carve my name on your corpses! 』 

 

At that moment, the turrets opened fire, and the battle between us… or rather everyone else except me, and the temple began.

 

✩

 

The cannonballs that flew at us were blocked by a wall of ice. And in return, countless ice bullets flew into the temple. The precision of the bullets was no less than that of a rifle.

 

The ice bullets froze the turret in place. It seems that gunpowder is useless once it is moistened by the agglomerated water droplets. The second shot never comes.

 

Instead, countless knights in white armor come out of the main entrance of the temple.

 

… It’s the one who’s taking the lead. It’s Fukuyama-kun. Now, have you learned your lesson?

 

Seeing the state of the knights, our humanoid mobile weapon moved.

 

It held up its right arm, and silently a light-filled it, followed a moment later by a dazzling laser beam.

 

It burned and melted the ground just below the knights’ feet. The knights cowered and fell out of line.

 

In contrast to the knights of the temple, two knights in jet-black armor and a suspicious fox-faced chuunibyou bastard rushed into the temple.

 

In a matter of seconds, Suzumoto, the fox mask, plunged into the front of the line and fluttered, and in the next moment, he gave Fukuyama a powerful kick from behind.

 

The two jet-black knights dexterously drove the chalk knights into a corner and lumped them together. If they tried to attack, they would dodge, dodge, dodge, and break their swords. The knights of the temple are broken to the core.

 

Then, a floor of light is suddenly created above the knights. The one who created it was Kariya in black vestments, and the one who climbed it was our gas mask president.

 

When he reached the top of the floor, he took out several items from his pocket and threw them vigorously at the knights below.

 

By that time, Kadomi, Toriumi, Suzumoto, and Fukuyama had already left the area.

 

Why? They knew it immediately.

 

Suddenly, the knights of the temple began to cough, choke, and fall to the ground in tears… It was tear gas.

 

This is a very mild choice for that president. I did not doubt that he would use something worse.

 

… Suddenly, I saw a sword flying at the edge of my vision that was not mine.

 

With a casual movement, it flew from behind and dodged it with my heart racing inside so that I could see it without difficulty.

 

The magic followed, but this one didn’t even need to be avoided. I took it as normal and turned around unharmed to see Fukuyama-kun being seized by Suzumoto.

 

Okay, checkmate!